Anurag Basu's 'Barfi!' to release in Taiwan and Hong Kong

The movie has been invited in the out of competition section at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June, IANS reports.

Reacting to the news, the film's star Ranbir Kapoor said: "I'm elated by the fantastic response Barfi! has garnered overseas. From Busan to Marrakech to Okinawa to Turkey the film has traveled to many countries and now I'm looking forward to Barfi! traveling to Taiwan, Shanghai and Hong Kong too."

In April, the film was awarded the Special Jury Prize - The Golden SHISA Award - by the festival jury presided over by filmmaker Joel Schumacher, who described Barfi! as "a beautiful film, which makes one cry and laugh".

A love story between a deaf/mute boy and an autistic girl, Barfi! beat 19 other films to compete in the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category and become India's official entry at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, but failed to reach the final selection.